Vania



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G. H. WAHLER 8v L. H. LEBER.

GOIN COUNTER. y No.r 340,392. Patented Apr.' l20, 1886.

GEORGE H. WAHLER AND LUTHER H.

Partnr .lirica LEBER, OF LITTLESTOlVN, PENNSYL VANIA, ASSIGNORS TO SAIDLUTHER H. LEBER.

oom-COUNTER.

SPECIFICATION formingvpart of Letters Patent N9. 340,392, dated April20, 1886.

Application filed Novemlierl, 1885. SerialNo. 182,928. '(No model.) Y

To all whom it may concern: j

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. WAHLER and LUTHER H. LEBER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Littlestown, in the county of Adams andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Coin-Counters, and we do hereby declare l that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had 1oto the annexed drawings, making a part of i this specification, and tothe letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a sectional elevation of our invention; Fig.2, alongitudinal section taken on linex fr of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, adetail View, in perspective, of the push-key and horizontal slide,showing them connected together by the lever-rod.

The present inventionhas relation to cer-V tain new and usefulimprovements in that class of devices used to facilitate the making ofchange, and to admit of the coins being secured within holders adaptedto the different values; and it consists in the details of construction,substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a suitable inclosing-caseprovided with a series of holders, B, of various diameters, to adaptthem to coins of different denomina-v tions-such as five-cent pieces,dimes, quarter-dollars, &c.-the tubes being of any desired number,according to the capacity of the device, and of any suitable length.

In place of making the coinholders B independent of each othcr,whichgreatly increases the cost of manufacture, they are formed out ot' asolid rectangular block, C, of wood, or other suitable material, andsecured within 4o the case A to the sides thereof. A common chute, D,serves the purpose of all the coinliolders, to receive the cointherefrom andconduct it to the discharge-opening a., where it falls intothe persons hand held there to re- .1, 5 ceive it.

Through the top of the case A, directly over each coin-holder B, is anelongated slot, through which the coins aredropped.

' Each coin-holder B at its base has a space,

5o b, of sufficient size to allow the bottom one of the end coins of thepile to be pushed out onto the chute D by a slide consisting of arectangular plate, E. In place of making the end of the plate straight,or forming it with a round opening into which the lcoin tits whendropping from the holder, wesimply form it with a crescent-shaped end,c,which embraces a portion only of the edge of the coin sufii cient tocarry it along in a straight line and prevent it from moving laterally,as would be the case were the end perfectly straight, and where acircular opening is used in the plates it requires a nicety of action ofthe plate to 4bring the opening therein on a trueline under thecoin-holder. 6J

The platform F. which projects inwardly from the coin-holders, hasguides d for the sliding plates E, said plates being connected topush-buttons, knobs, or keys G, as shown.

The connection of the sliding plates E with the keysG is madeby the rodH,which we shall term a leverrod,7 the upper end of said rod beingattached to the key and extending down through a hole in the rear end ofthe plate, so that when the key is pressed down by means of therod-connection the plate will be forced forward and carry with it thebottom one of the coins.

The keys are loosely mounted on a stationary transverse rod, e, andafter the key has been pressed down the parts are restored to theirnormal position by a suitable spring, either rubber or metal.

In the present instance we have shown a flat or round curved spring, I,one end being attached to the block G, and the opposite or free endbearing in a groove,f, formed on the under side of each key.

To allow the lever-rod H to be projected forward, an elongated slot, g,is formed in the platform F, through which the rod extends.

If preferred, a chute and dischargeopening l may be provided for eachone of the coin holders in place of a single one, as shown.

It will be noticed that the device as con- 95 structed is very simple,there being fewer parts, and consequently they are less liable to getout of order, the usual bell-crank levers, rods, and coiled springs foroperating the push-plates being dispensed with Having now fullydescribed our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A device for holding and delivering coins, consisting of the followingelements, viz: an inclosing-case having a chute and deliveryopening, aseries of coin-holders formed from a solid rectangular block, a platformhaving elongated slots and flanged guides, a series of sliding platessupported thereby, a series of pivoted keys or'buttons and springsacting thereon, and rods attached at one end to the buttons andextending down through perfora

